Display apparatus and method for controlling display apparatus thereof

ABSTRACT

A display apparatus which determines a screen to be displayed when a power-on command is input, and method thereof, is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a content; an input unit configured to receive a command; and a controller configured to: in response to a power-off command being input while a content is displayed, determine whether or not the displayed content is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command is input; in response to determining that the displayed content is not appropriate to be subsequently displayed when the power-on command is input, store a predetermined initial screen; in response to determining that the displayed content is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command is input, store the displayed content; and in response to a power-on command being input, control the display to display the predetermined initial screen or the displayed content.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/628,748 filed onFeb. 23, 2015, which claims priority from Korean Patent Application No.10-2014-0025964, filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office onMar. 5, 2014, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein byreference.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

Apparatuses and methods consistent with exemplary embodiments relate toa display apparatus and a controlling method thereof, and moreparticularly, to a display apparatus which determines a screen to bedisplayed when a power-on command is input in consideration ofappropriateness of contents which had been displayed before a power-offcommand was input.

2. Description of the Related Art

A recently developed display apparatus stores a content screen which hasbeen displayed before a power-off command is input, and when a power-oncommand is input, displays the stored content screen again.

Meanwhile, a personal terminal such as a smart phone goes through anauthentication process through a lock screen to prevent an intendedimage from being displayed even though the image had been displayedbefore a power-off command was input.

However, unlike a personal terminal, a display apparatus such as atelevision which is generally used by family members may have theproblem of displaying a content which should not be viewed by some ofthe family members (for example, adult entertainment content) as itdisplays a content screen which had been displayed before the televisionwas turned off by a power-off command being input.

SUMMARY

An aspect of the exemplary embodiments relates to a display apparatuswhich may determine harmfulness or appropriateness of a content whichhad been displayed before a power-off command was input and determine ascreen to be displayed based on the determination regarding theharmfulness or appropriateness of the content when a power-on command isinput.

A method of controlling a display apparatus according to an exemplaryembodiment includes, in response to a power-off command being inputwhile a content is displayed, determining whether or not the displayedcontent is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-oncommand is input; in response to determining that the displayed contentis not appropriate to be subsequently displayed when the power-oncommand is input, storing a predetermined initial screen, and inresponse to determining that the displayed content is appropriate to bedisplayed when a power-on command is input, storing the displayedcontent; and in response to a power-on command being input, displayingone from among the predetermined initial screen and the displayedcontent.

The determining may include analyzing a screen color of the displayedcontent and determining whether or not the displayed content isappropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command isinput by determining whether a ratio of a predetermined color on acontent screen exceeds a predetermined value.

The determining may include determining whether or not the displayedcontent is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-oncommand is input by determining whether a mark for viewing restrictionis displayed on an area of a content screen.

The determining may include determining whether or not the displayedcontent is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-oncommand is input determining harmfulness of the displayed content usingat least one from among uniform resource locator (URL) informationrelated to the displayed content, a file name related to the displayedcontent, electronic program guide (EPG) information related to thedisplayed content, and subtitle information related to the displayedcontent.

The storing may include, in response to the determining that thedisplayed content is not appropriate to be subsequently displayed whenthe power-on command is input, storing a predetermined initial screen ina memory, and in response to determining that the displayed content isappropriate to be displayed when a power-on command is input, storing alast screen of the displayed content in the memory.

The memory is a volatile memory that is continuously supplied withpower.

A display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes adisplay configured to display a content; an input unit configured toreceive a command; and a controller configured to, in response to apower-off command being input while a content is displayed, determinewhether or not the displayed content is appropriate to be subsequentlydisplayed when a power-on command is input; in response to determiningthat the displayed content is not appropriate to be subsequentlydisplayed when the power-on command is input, store a predeterminedinitial screen; in response to determining that the displayed content isappropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command isinput, store the displayed content; and in response to a power-oncommand being input, control the display to display one of thepredetermined initial screen and the displayed content.

The controller may analyze a screen color of the displayed content anddetermines whether or not the displayed content is appropriate to besubsequently displayed when a power-on command is input by determiningwhether a ratio of a predetermined color on a content screen exceeds apredetermined value.

The controller determines whether or not the displayed content isappropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command isinput by determining whether a mark for viewing restriction is displayedon an area of a content screen.

The controller determines whether or not the displayed content isappropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command isinput using at least one from among uniform resource locator (URL)information of the displayed content, a file name of the displayedcontent, electronic program guide (EPG) information of the displayedcontent, and subtitle information of the displayed content.

The display apparatus may further include a storage which may include amemory, and the controller, in response to determining that thedisplayed content is not appropriate to be subsequently displayed whenthe power-on command is input, stores a predetermined initial screen inthe memory, and in response to determining that the displayed content isappropriate to be subsequently displayed when the power-on command isinput, stores a last screen of the displayed content in the memory.

The memory may be a volatile memory that is continuously supplied withpower.

A method of controlling a display apparatus according to an exemplaryembodiment includes, in response to a power-off command being inputwhile a content is displayed, storing information related to whether ornot the displayed content is appropriate to be subsequently displayedwhen a power-on command is input and a last screen of the content; inresponse to a power-on being input, determining whether or not thedisplayed content is appropriate to be displayed using the informationrelated to whether or not the displayed content is appropriate to besubsequently displayed when a power-on command is input; and in responseto determining that the displayed content is not appropriate, displayinga predetermined initial screen, and in response to determining thedisplayed content is not appropriate, displaying the stored last screenof the content.

The information related to whether or not the displayed content isappropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command isinput may include at least one from among screen information of thecontent, uniform resource locator (URL) information of the content, afile name of the content, and electronic program guide (EPG) informationof the displayed content.

A display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes adisplay configured to display a content; an input unit configured toreceive a user command; a storage; and a controller configured to, inresponse to a power-off command being input through the input unit whilethe content is displayed, store information related to whether or notthe displayed content is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when apower-on command is input and a last screen of the content in thestorage; in response to a power-on command being input through the inputunit, determine whether or not the content is appropriate to bedisplayed using the information related to whether or not the displayedcontent is appropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-oncommand is input in response to determining that the displayed contentis not appropriate to be displayed, control the display to display apredetermined initial screen, and in response to determining that thedisplayed content is appropriate to be displayed, control the display todisplay the stored last screen of the content.

The information related to whether or not the displayed content isappropriate to be subsequently displayed when a power-on command isinput includes at least one from among screen information of thecontent, uniform resource locator (URL) information of the displayedcontent, a file name of the displayed content, and electronic programguide (EPG) information of the displayed content.

According to the above-described various exemplary embodiments,displaying inappropriate or harmful content that some family membersshould not watch, which was displayed when a power-off command wasinput, when a power-on command is input, can be prevented.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and/or other aspects of the present inventive concept will bemore apparent by describing certain exemplary embodiments of the presentinventive concept with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating configuration of a displayapparatus briefly according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating configuration of a displayapparatus in detail according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIGS. 3A and 3B are views provided to explain a function of providing alast screen according to a conventional art;

FIGS. 4A and 4B are views provided to explain a function of providing alast screen according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart provided to explain a method for controlling adisplay apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment; and

FIG. 6 is a flowchart provided to explain a method for controlling adisplay apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail withreference to accompanying drawings. In the following description, samereference numerals are used for analogous elements when they aredepicted in different drawings. The matters defined in the description,such as detailed construction and elements, are provided to assist in acomprehensive understanding of exemplary embodiments. Thus, it isapparent that exemplary embodiments can be carried out without thosespecifically defined matters. Also, functions or elements known in therelated art are not described in detail since they would obscure theexemplary embodiments with unnecessary detail.

In the present disclosure, relational terms such as first and second,and the like, may be used to distinguish one entity from another entity,without necessarily implying any actual relationship or order betweensuch entities.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a displayapparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. As illustrated inFIG. 1, the display apparatus 100 includes a display 110, an input unit120 (e.g., inputter), a storage 130, and a controller 140. In this case,the display apparatus 100 may be realized as a smart television, butthis is only an example. The display apparatus 100 may be realized asvarious display apparatuses such as a projection television, a desktopPC, a notebook PC, etc.

The display 110 displays an image content which is input from varioussources under the control of the controller 140. In particular, if apower-on command is input, the display 110 may display a predeterminedinitial screen or the last screen of the content which had beendisplayed before a power-off command was input based on the harmfulnessof the content which had been displayed before the power-off command wasinput. Additionally, although harmfulness of the content which had beendisplayed before the power-off command is input, is mentioned throughoutthis specification as an exemplary factor in determining whether apredetermined initial screen or the last screen of the content isdisplayed, an alternative factor may be the ‘appropriateness’ of thecontent which had been displayed before the power-off command is input.

The input unit 120 receives various user commands to control the displayapparatus 100. In particular, the input unit 120 may receive a usercommand to turn on/off the display apparatus 100.

The storage 130 stores various programs and data to drive the displayapparatus 100. In particular, the storage 130 may store the last screenof the content which had been displayed before a power-off command wasinput or a predetermined screen. In another exemplary embodiment, thestorage 130 may store information regarding harmfulness of contents andthe last screen of contents. In this case, the storage 130 may berealized as a volatile memory such as Random Access Memory (RAM), andpower may be applied all the time.

The controller 140 controls overall functions of the display apparatus100 according to a user command input through the input unit 120. Inparticular, if a power-off command is input through the input unit 120while a content is displayed, the controller 140 may determineharmfulness of the content. If it is determined that the displayedcontent is harmful, a predetermined initial screen is stored in thestorage, and if it is determined that the displayed content is notharmful, the displayed content may be stored in the storage 130.Subsequently, if a power-on command is input through the input unit 120,the controller 140 may control the display 110 to display one of thepredetermined initial screen and the displayed content.

Specifically, if a power-off command is input through the input unit 120while a content is displayed, the controller 140 may determine whetherthe content is harmful or not using various methods. For example, thecontroller 140 may determine harmfulness of the displayed content byanalyzing the color of the content screen and determining whether theportion of the content screen in a predetermined color (for example, theskin color of human) exceeds a predetermined value. In another example,the controller 140 may determine harmfulness of the displayed content byanalyzing the content screen and determining whether there is a viewingrestriction mark (for example, a viewing restriction mark for thoseunder 19). In another example, the controller 140 may determineharmfulness of the displayed content using at least one of URLinformation, a file name, and EPG information of the content.

If the controller 140 determines that the displayed content is harmful,a predetermined initial screen may be stored in a volatile memory of thestorage 130, and if the controller 140 determines that the displayedcontent is not harmful, the last screen of the displayed content may bestored in a volatile memory of the storage 130.

Meanwhile, according to an exemplary embodiment, even if a power-offcommand is input, the display apparatus 100 may maintain a Suspend toRAM status where power is continuously applied to the volatile memoryall the time.

If a power-on command is input while the display apparatus 100 maintainsthe Suspend to RAM status, the controller 140 may control the display110 to display one of the predetermined initial screen and the lastscreen of the content which are stored in the volatile memory. That is,if it is determined that the content which had been displayed when thepower-off command was input is harmful, the controller 140 may controlthe display 110 to display the predetermined initial screen stored inthe volatile memory, and if it is determined that the content which hadbeen displayed when the power-off command was input is not harmful, thecontroller 140 may control the display 110 to display the last screen ofthe content stored in the volatile memory (that is, the screen of thecontent which was displayed at the time when the power-off command wasinput).

Meanwhile, in the above exemplary embodiment, the controller 140determines whether a content is harmful before a power-on command isinput, but this is only an example. The controller 140 may determinewhether the content is harmful after a power-on command is input.

Specifically, if a power-off command is input through the input unit 120while a content is displayed, the controller 140 stores informationregarding harmfulness of the content and the last screen of the contentin the storage 130. Subsequently, if a power-on command is input throughthe input unit 130, the controller 140 may determine whether the contentis harmful using the information regarding harmfulness of the content.In this case, the information regarding harmfulness of the content mayinclude at least one of the last screen, a file name, a URL, and EPGinformation of the content.

If it is determined that the content which had been displayed when thepower-off command was input is harmful, the controller 140 may controlthe display 110 to display the predetermined initial screen, and if itis determined that the content which had been displayed when thepower-off command was input is not harmful, the controller 140 maycontrol the display 110 to display the last screen of the content storedin the storage 130.

According to another exemplary embodiment, if a content displayed when apower-off command is input is harmful, the controller 140 may storeinformation that the displayed content is harmful and user informationin the storage 130 along with the content which is currently displayed.If a power-on command is input, the controller 140 may determine whetherto display the content displayed when the power-off command is inputcontinuously based on the information that the content is harmful anduser information which is stored in the storage 130. If it is determinedthat the content is not to be displayed, the controller 140 may controlthe display 110 to display a specific initial screen.

For example, if the content displayed when an apparatus is turned off isadult content and a user is A while a user is B when the apparatus isturned on, the controller 140 may determine the adult content not to bedisplayed, and control the display 110 to display a specific initialscreen. In this case, the specific initial screen may be a screen whichis displayed when a power-on command is input after cold-booting.

As described above, according to the display apparatus 100 whichprovides the Suspend to RAM function, displaying a harmful content whichshould not be viewed by some viewers when a power-on command is inputcan be prevented.

Hereinafter, the display apparatus 200 will be described in detail withreference to FIGS. 2 to 4B. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustratingconfiguration of the display apparatus 200 in detail according to anexemplary embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the display apparatus200 includes an image receiver 210, an image processor 220, a display230, an audio output unit 240, a storage 250, a power unit 260, acommunication unit 270, an input unit 280, and a controller 290.

The image receiver 210 receives image data through various sources. Forexample, the image receiver 210 may receive broadcast data from anexternal broadcasting station, receive image data from an externalapparatus (for example, a digital versatile disc (DVD) device), andstream image data from an external server.

The image processor 220 performs image processing with respect to imagedata received from the image receiver 210. The image processor 220 mayperform various image processing with respect to image data, such asdecoding, scaling, noise filtering, frame rate conversion, resolutionconversion, etc.

The display 230 displays at least one of an image frame which isgenerated as the video processor 220 processes image data received fromthe image receiver 210 and various objects generated from a graphicprocessor (not shown). In particular, if a power-on command is input,the display 230 may display a predetermined initial screen or the lastscreen of the content which had been displayed before a power-offcommand was input depending on whether the content is harmful or not.

The audio output unit 240 outputs not only various audio data processedby an audio processing module but also various alarm sounds or voicemessages.

The storage 250 stores various modules to drive the display apparatus200. For example, the storage 250 may store various software including abase module, a sensing module, a communication module, a presentationmodule, a web browser module, and a service module. In this case, thebase module refers to a basic module which processes a signaltransmitted from each hardware included in the display apparatus100/200, and transmits the processed signal to an upper layer module.The sensing module is a module which collects information from varioussensors, and analyzes and manages the collected information. The sensingmodule may include a face recognition module, a voice recognitionmodule, a motion recognition module, and an NFC recognition module, andso on. The presentation module is a module to compose a display screen.The presentation module includes a multimedia module for reproducing andoutputting multimedia contents, and a UI rendering module for UI andgraphic processing. The communication module is a module to performcommunication with outside. The web browser module refers to a modulewhich accesses a web server by performing web-browsing. The servicemodule is a module including various applications for providing variousservices.

As described above, the storage 250 may include various program modules,but some of the various program modules may be omitted, changed, oradded according to the type and characteristics of the display apparatus200. For example, in response to the display apparatus 200 beingrealized as a tablet PC, the base module may further include adetermination module to determine a GPS-based location, and the sensingmodule may further include a sensing module to sense the operation of auser.

In addition, when a power-off command is input, the storage 250 maystore a predetermined initial screen or the last screen of a displayedcontent depending on whether the displayed content is harmful or not. Inthis case, the storage 250 may be realized as a non-volatile memory suchas RAM, but this is only an example. The storage 250 may be realized asanother memory device. In addition, even when a power-off command isinput, the display apparatus 200 may maintain a Suspend to RAM statuswhere power is continuously applied to a non-volatile memory (e.g., allthe time).

The power unit 260 applies power to the configuration of the displayapparatus 200. In particular, the power unit 260 may apply power to thenon-volatile memory of the storage 250 all the time even if a power-offcommand is input through the input unit 280.

The communication unit 270 communicates with various types of externalapparatuses according to various types of communication methods. Thecommunication unit 270 may include various communication chips such as aWiFi chip, a Bluetooth chip, a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip, awireless communication chip, and so on. In this case, the WiFi chip, theBluetooth chip, and the NFC chip perform communication according to aWiFi method, a Bluetooth method, and an NFC method, respectively. Amongthe above chips, the NFC chip represents a chip which operates accordingto an NFC method which uses 13.56 MHz band among various RF-ID frequencybands such as 135 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 433 MHz, 860-960 MHz, 2.45 GHz, and soon. In the case of the WiFi chip or the Bluetooth chip, variousconnection information such as SSID and a session key may betransmitted/received first for communication connection and then,various information may be transmitted/received. The wirelesscommunication chip represents a chip which performs communicationaccording to various communication standards such as IEEE, Zigbee, 3rdGeneration (3G), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long TermEvolution (LTE) and so on.

The input unit 280 receives various user commands to control the displayapparatus 200. In particular, the input unit 280 may receive a power-offcommand and a power-on command to turn on/off the power of the displayapparatus 200. In this case, if the input unit 280 is realized as aremote controller, the power-off command and the power-on command may bea user command to select a power button on the remote controller.

Meanwhile, in the above exemplary embodiment, the input unit 280 may berealized as a remote controller, but this is only an example. The inputunit 280 may be realized as various other input devices such as a touchpoint, a pointing device motion recognition apparatus, a voicerecognition apparatus, keyboard, mouse, and so on.

The controller 290 controls the overall operations of the displayapparatus 200 according to a user command which is input through theinput unit 280. In particular, the controller 290 may determine a screento be displayed depending on whether the content which had beendisplayed before a power-on command is input is harmful or not.

Specifically, in the conventional art, if a power-off command is inputwhile a general content illustrated in FIG. 3B is displayed and apower-on command is input again, a display apparatus displays the lastscreen of the general content which was displayed previously. If apower-off command is input while a harmful content such as a content foradults illustrated in FIG. 3B is displayed and a power-on command isinput again, the display apparatus displays the last screen of theharmful content which was displayed previously. That is, in theconventional art, regardless of whether a content is harmful or not, thelast screen of the content which was displayed previously when apower-on command is input. Accordingly, some of family members using thedisplay apparatus may end up viewing the harmful content which isinappropriate for them.

However, according to an exemplary embodiment, if a power-off command isinput through the input unit 280 while a content is displayed, thecontroller 290 may determine the harmfulness of the displayed content.In this case, the controller 290 may determine the harmfulness of thedisplayed content using various methods.

For example, the controller 290 may determine the harmfulness of thedisplayed content by analyzing the color of the content screen at thetime when a power-off command is input and determining whether a ratioof a predetermined color on the content screen exceeds a predeterminedvalue. Specifically, the controller 290 may measure and digitize thedegree of skin color of each pixel using the color value of each pixelof the content screen at a time when a power-off command is input,generate an integral image based on the information where the degree ofskin color of each pixel is digitized, and determine whether a specificarea is an area of skin color or not. Subsequently, the controller 290may determine that the content is harmful if ratio of the area of skincolor on the display screen exceeds a predetermined value.

In another example, the controller 290 may determine the harmfulness ofthe displayed content by analyzing a content screen at a time when apower-off command is input and determining whether a viewing restrictionmark is displayed on an area of the content screen. Specifically, thecontroller 290 may analyze the content screen at a time when a power-offcommand is input, and if it is determined that a mark indicating viewingrestriction for those under the age of 19 (for example, a UI where 19 isdisplayed inside a circle) is displayed on an area of the contentscreen, the controller 190 may determine that the content is harmful.Meanwhile, in the above exemplary embodiment, a mark indicating viewingrestriction for those under the age of 19 is described, but this is onlyan example. A mark indicating viewing restriction for those in anotherage group (for example, a mark indicating viewing restriction for thoseunder the age of 15) may also be included in the technical concept of anexemplary embodiment.

As described above, by analyzing a content screen at a time when apower-off command is input and thus, determining the harmfulness of acontent, the display apparatus 200 may determine the harmfulness of acontent which is displayed currently without any other externalinformation.

In another example, the controller 290 may determine the harmfulness ofthe displayed content using at least one of URL information, a filename, EPG information, and subtitle information of the content. That is,if it is determined that the URL information of the content is a website for adults, the file name of the content is the file name of adultcontent, the EPG information indicates that the content is not supposedto be viewed by those under the age of 19, or the subtitle informationof the content includes obscene and swear words, the controller 290 maydetermine that the content is harmful.

If it is determined that the displayed content is harmful according tothe above-described determination methods, the controller 290 may storea predetermined initial screen in a volatile memory of the storage 250,and if it is determined that the displayed content is not harmful, thecontroller 290 may store the last screen of the displayed screen in avolatile memory of the storage 250. In addition, the controller 290 maycontrol the power unit 260 not to apply power to the display 230.Meanwhile, the controller 290 may store the last screen of the content,but this is only an example. The controller 290 may store informationregarding the last screen of the content (for example, informationregarding the play time of the last screen).

In this case, power may be applied to the volatile memory where thepredetermined initial screen or the last screen of the content is storedall the time. That is, the display apparatus 200 may maintain a Suspendto RAM status.

If a power-on command is input through the input unit 280 while thedisplay apparatus 200 maintains the Suspend to RAM status, thecontroller 290 may control the display 230 to display the predeterminedinitial screen or the last screen of the content which are stored in thevolatile memory. That is, as illustrated at the top of FIG. 4A, if apower-off command is input while an adult content is displayed, thecontroller 290 may determine that the content which was displayed at atime when the power-off command was input is harmful, store apredetermined initial screen in the storage 250, and control the powerunit 260 to cut off power to the display 230 as illustrated at thecenter of FIG. 4A. Subsequently, if a power-on command is input throughthe input unit 280, the controller 290 may control the display 230 todisplay the initial screen stored in the volatile memory of the storage250 as illustrated at the bottom of FIG. 4A. However, as illustrated atthe top of FIG. 4B, if a power-off command is input while a generalcontent is displayed, the controller 290 may determine that the contentwhich as displayed when a power-off command was input is not harmful,store the content in the volatile memory of the storage 250, and controlthe power unit 260 to cut off power to the display 230 as illustrated atthe center of FIG. 4B. Subsequently, if a power-on command is inputthrough the input unit 280, the controller 290 may control the display230 to display the last screen of the content stored in the volatilememory of the storage 250 as illustrated at the bottom of FIG. 4B.

Meanwhile, in the above-exemplary embodiment, a predetermined initialscreen or the last screen of a content is stored when a power-offcommand is input, but this is only an example. Instead, informationregarding harmfulness of contents may be stored. For example, if it isdetermined that a content displayed when a power-off command is input isharmful, the controller 290 may store information that the content isharmful in the volatile memory of the storage 250, and if it isdetermined that a displayed content is not harmful, the controller 290may store information that the content is not harmful in the volatilememory of the storage 250.

Meanwhile, in the above exemplary embodiment, an adult image content isdescribed as a harmful content, but this is only an example. Thetechnical concept of an exemplary embodiment may be applied to variousadult contents such as an adult web site, an adult game content, anadult social content, etc.

Meanwhile, in the above exemplary embodiment, whether or not a contentis harmful is determined before a power-on command is input, but this isonly an example. The controller 290 may determine whether or not acontent is harmful after a power-on command is input. Specifically, if apower-off command is input through the input unit 280 while a content isdisplayed, the controller 290 may store information regardingharmfulness of a content and the last screen of a content in thevolatile memory of the storage 250. In this case, the informationregarding harmfulness of a content refers to information to determinewhether the content is harmful or not, and may be screen information,URL information, file name information, EPG information, subtitleinformation of the content, etc. at a time when a power-off command isinput.

In this case, the display apparatus 200 may maintain a Suspend on RAMstatus where power is supplied to the volatile memory of the storage 250even if a power-off command is input.

In addition, if a power-on command is input through the input unit 280,the controller 290 may determine whether a content is harmful asdescribed above using information regarding harmfulness of the content.Specifically, the controller 290 may determine harmfulness of a contentby analyzing the color of the last screen of the content and determiningwhether a ratio of a predetermined color (for example, skin color) inthe content screen exceeds a predetermined value. In addition, thecontroller 290 may determine harmfulness of a displayed content byanalyzing the last screen of the content and determining whether aviewing restriction mark is displayed on an area of the content screen.Further, the controller 290 may determine harmfulness of a displayedcontent using at least one of URL information, a file name, EPGinformation, and subtitle information of the content.

If it is determined that the displayed content is harmful, thecontroller 290 may control the display 230 to display a predeterminedinitial screen, and if it is determined that the displayed content isnot harmful, the controller 290 may control the display 230 to displaythe last screen of the content stored in the volatile memory.

As described above, different display screens may be stored in avolatile memory depending on whether a content is harmful or not in adisplay apparatus which supports a Suspend to RAM status where power isapplied to the volatile memory all the time even if a power-off commandis input and thus, a user may prevent a harmful content from beingplayed in an unwanted circumstance.

Hereinafter, a method of controlling a display apparatus according tovarious exemplary embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS.5 and 6.

First, FIG. 5 is a flowchart provided to explain an exemplary embodimentwhere harmfulness of a content is determined before a power-on commandis input according to an exemplary embodiment.

First, the display apparatus 100 displays a content (S510).

While the content is displayed, the display apparatus 100 determineswhether a power-off command is input (S520).

If a power-off command is input (S520-Y), the display apparatus 100determines harmfulness of the content (S530). In this case, the displayapparatus 100 may determine harmfulness of the content by analyzing thecontent screen at a time when the power-off command is input or by usingat least one of URL information, a file name, EPG information, andsubtitle information of the content.

If it is determined that the content is harmful (S540-Y), the displayapparatus 100 stores a predetermined initial screen (S550). However, ifit is determined that the content is not harmful (S540-N), the displayapparatus 100 stores the content (S560). In particular, if it isdetermined that the content is not harmful, the display apparatus 100may store the last screen of the content when the power-off command isinput.

Subsequently, the display apparatus 100 determines whether a power-oncommand is input (S570).

If a power-on command is input (S570-Y), the display apparatus 100displays the stored screen (S580). That is, if the content displayedwhen the power-off command is input is a harmful content, the displayapparatus 100 may display the predetermined initial screen, and if thecontent displayed when the power-off command is input is not a harmfulcontent, the display apparatus 100 may display the last screen of thecontent which was displayed when the power-off command was input.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart provided to explain an exemplary embodiment whereharmfulness of a content is determined after a power-on command is inputaccording to another exemplary embodiment.

First, the display apparatus 100 displays a content (S610).

While the content is displayed, the display apparatus 100 determineswhether a power-off command is input (S620).

If a power-off command is input (S620-Y), the display apparatus 100stores information regarding harmfulness of the content and the lastscreen of the content (S630). In this case, the information regardingharmfulness of the content may include at least one of screeninformation, URL information, a file name, EPG information, and subtitleinformation of the content at a time when the power-off command isinput.

Subsequently, the display apparatus 100 determines whether a power-oncommand is input (S640).

If a power-on command is input (S640-Y), the display apparatus 100determines harmfulness of the content (S650). Specifically, the displayapparatus 100 may determine harmfulness of the content using informationregarding harmfulness of the content as described above with referenceto FIG. 2.

If it is determined that the content is harmful (S660-Y), the displayapparatus 100 displays a predetermined initial screen (S670). However,if it is determined that the content is not harmful (S660-N), thedisplay apparatus 100 displays the content displayed last when thepower-off command was input (S680).

As described above, if there is harmfulness in the content displayedwhen a power-off command is input, an initial screen is provided to auser when a power-on command is input next. Accordingly, displaying aharmful content which should not be watched by some of the familymembers can be prevented.

Meanwhile, the method of controlling a display apparatus according tothe above-described various exemplary embodiments may be realized as aprogram and provided to a display apparatus or an input apparatus. Inparticular, the program including the method of controlling a displayapparatus may be stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium andprovided therein.

The non-transitory recordable medium refers to a medium which may storedata semi-permanently rather than storing data for a short time such asa register, a cache, and a memory and may be readable by an apparatus.Specifically, the above-described various applications or programs maybe stored in the non-transitory readable medium may be compact disk(CD), DVD, hard disk, Blu-ray disk, universal serial bus (USB), memorycard, read-only memory (ROM), etc. and provided therein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of controlling a display apparatus,comprising: displaying a content image; in response to a power-offcommand being received while the content image is displayed, determiningwhether to subsequently display the content image when a power-oncommand is received based on a ratio of an area corresponding to apredetermined color in the content image; in response to determining tosubsequently display the content image, storing display informationrelated to the content image; and in response to the power-on commandbeing received, displaying a screen corresponding to the content imagebased on the stored display information or a predetermined initialscreen.
 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determiningwhether to subsequently display the content image comprises analyzingthe ratio of the area corresponding to the predetermined color in thecontent image displayed at a time when the power-off command isreceived.
 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the determiningwhether to subsequently display the content image comprises: determiningto subsequently display the content image when the ratio of an areacorresponding to the predetermined color in the content image does notexceed a predetermined value; and determining not to subsequentlydisplay the content image when the ratio of the area corresponding tothe predetermined color in the content image exceeds the predeterminedvalue.
 4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprisingdetermining whether to subsequently display the content image when apower-on command is received based on whether the content image includesa mark for viewing restriction.
 5. The method as claimed in claim 1,further comprising determining whether to subsequently display thecontent image when a power-on command is received based on at least onefrom among uniform resource locator (URL) information related to thecontent image, a file name related to the content image, electronicprogram guide (EPG) information related to the content image, andsubtitle information related to the content image.
 6. The method asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the display information related to thecontent image comprises information related to the content imagedisplayed at a time when the power-off command is received.
 7. Themethod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storing display informationcomprises storing the display information in a volatile memory that iscontinuously supplied with power.
 8. A display apparatus, comprising: amemory; a display; and a processor configured to: control the display todisplay a content image; in response to a power-off command beingreceived while the content image is displayed, determine whether tosubsequently display the content image when a power-on command isreceived based on a ratio of an area corresponding to a predeterminedcolor in the content image; in response to determining to subsequentlydisplay the content image, store display information related to thecontent image in the memory; and in response to the power-on commandbeing received, control the display to display a screen corresponding tothe content image based on the stored display information or apredetermined initial screen.
 9. The display apparatus as claimed inclaim 8, wherein the processor analyzes the ratio of the areacorresponding to the predetermined color in the content image displayedat a time when the power-off command is received.
 10. The displayapparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the processor determines tosubsequently display the content image when the ratio of an areacorresponding to the predetermined color in the content image does notexceed a predetermined value, and determines to subsequently display thecontent image when the ratio of the area corresponding to thepredetermined color in the content image exceeds the predeterminedvalue.
 11. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein theprocessor determines whether to subsequently display the content imagewhen a power-on command is received based on whether the content imageincludes a mark for viewing restriction.
 12. The display apparatus asclaimed in claim 8, wherein the processor determines whether tosubsequently display the content image when a power-on command isreceived based on at least one from among uniform resource locator (URL)information of the content image, a file name of the content image,electronic program guide (EPG) information of the content image, andsubtitle information of the content image.
 13. The display apparatus asclaimed in claim 8, wherein the display information related to thecontent image comprises information related to the content imagedisplayed at a time when the power-off command is received.
 14. Thedisplay apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the memory is avolatile memory that is continuously supplied with power.